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The white land of Enderby (1969)

Original title: Enderby valge maa

Documentary Duration 35:36

Sünopsis

When the filmmakers director Andres Sööt and cameraman Mati Kask went to the high plain of Antarctic, the coldest point on Earth. They filmed on the South Pole from December 1968 to February 1969. Neutral, seemingly circumstantial film frames about the life of polar explorers and breathtakingly beautiful views of nature express the immeasurable indifference of the white hell of snow. The growing anxiety of a human being on a cold and lifeless continent can be soothed only by another living being, whether it be a man or an animal. The film talks about men in extraordinary conditions, loneliness, need for human closeness and understanding, with the backdrop of ancient nature. The soundtrack for the film was composed by Arvo Pärt.

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